European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 Sands of time put to Good use mondays weather was warm and and Young sters at the plate Strasse housing area in Frankfurt had begun the lat August countdown just one More week before school Bells ring what to do As summer vacation wanes with Only seven Days of Freedom this Beautiful monday simply could not be the inspiration came from Laurie Sarah Johnson and Rebecca who began to create a Castle in the Sand of the other youngsters gathered admired the three girls and began their own some 30 youngsters were castles and various other Sand sculptures began to take shape from one end of the playground to the stars and stripes photographer Lynda Sparks was on hand to record a few examples of the youngsters work top left Jeremy Jacobs adds a final handful of Sand to the grinning face of his care top right Matt Root left and Jonathan decori built an impressive Volcano of mixing baking soda and food colouring to create a colourful lava Center the creators of this Complete with Are from left Michael Joe Paul James Stevens and Bobby Bottom after plucking some nearby Catherine Quigley left and Julie Root fashioned a Birds Complete with three